This is her obituary: http://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Carol-Anne-Fisher-Smith-Haws/Farr-West-UT/1332733
Carol
Anne Fisher Smith Haws, dancer, director, and choreographer, died in a
nursing facility in Farr West, Utah on January 14, 2014, at the age of
80. She was born in Maricopa, California on January 2, 1934, to Frank
Truman Fisher and Nellie Rex Smith Fisher, the third of five children.
She moved with her family from Maricopa to Santa Maria, then briefly to
Alhambra, then to Altadena, where she lived until her first marriage.
She was educated at Pasadena City College, Brigham Young University, the
University of Utah, and UCLA, where she earned her master's degree in
dance. She married Virgil Bushman Smith in 1953; they had two sons and
were later divorced. She married Ervin Lavon (Von) Haws in 1961; they
had five more children. They were later divorced but subsequently
remarried and remained together until her death.
Carol's life, passion and profession was dance from the time she was ten
years old until her premature retirement at 55, forced on her by spine
surgery. She studied with William Christensen at the University of Utah
and with Evelyn LeMone at the LeMone Studio in Pasadena, California.
She taught for 27 years in the dance department at San Jose State
University, where the Carol Anne Haws Award for excellence in
performance is still given annually, along with the Carol Anne Haws
Scholarship in the department of theater arts. She directed and
choreographed a great many shows at the university, including "West Side
Story" and "Carousel." She was active in community theater as well,
directing "1776," "The Boyfriend," and "Pirates of Penzance" among other
musicals and operettas, and directed performances of the Prune Hollow
Choral Society, a company of kids ages 14 to 18 who sang and danced
their way throughout the Bay Area and toured Romania, Mexico, Hawaii and
other places. She choreographed the children of the Tabard Theatre
Company in their performance of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
She also directed and choreographed hundreds of dance recitals before,
during, and after her career at San Jose State. She
directed/choreographed the LDS Church's Oakland Temple Pageant four
times, beginning with the very first one that marked the opening of the
temple.
Carol also channeled her energies into genealogy, finding herself
fascinated by the implied stories contained in parish records, birth and
death dates, marriages, the way certain names vanish from one village
and turn up in another. "Everybody has one story to tell," she liked to
say, and she followed the stories she found in the documents and
microfilms with eagerness and sympathy. She was especially pleased to
locate our immigrant Fisher (then spelled Fischer) ancestor in a small
town in Germany and to learn from the local parish clerk that the
ancestor was, according to the record, "Much given to stealing."
She found an outlet for her visual artistry in rug-making, winning first
prize in a rug-hooking competition in Carmel, California for a rug
called "Sun, Moon, and Stars."
She was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. She is survived by her husband Von, and her children, Matthew
(Debora), Jeffery (Jan), Gretchen Myers (Douglas), Aaron, Rachel Helwig
(Keith), Forrest (Cheryl), Nellie Gratton (Jeff), numerous grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; a sister, Sylvia Bevan (James), and a brother,
Franklin (Rosemary Beless). She was preceded in death by her parents, a
sister, Mary Lou, and a brother, Truman. - See more at:
http://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Carol-Anne-Fisher-Smith-Haws/Farr-West-UT/1332733#sthash.xaROC7Um.dpuf
Carol
Anne Fisher Smith Haws, dancer, director, and choreographer, died in a
nursing facility in Farr West, Utah on January 14, 2014, at the age of
80. She was born in Maricopa, California on January 2, 1934, to Frank
Truman Fisher and Nellie Rex Smith Fisher, the third of five children.
She moved with her family from Maricopa to Santa Maria, then briefly to
Alhambra, then to Altadena, where she lived until her first marriage.
She was educated at Pasadena City College, Brigham Young University, the
University of Utah, and UCLA, where she earned her master's degree in
dance. She married Virgil Bushman Smith in 1953; they had two sons and
were later divorced. She married Ervin Lavon (Von) Haws in 1961; they
had five more children. They were later divorced but subsequently
remarried and remained together until her death.
Carol's life, passion and profession was dance from the time she was ten
years old until her premature retirement at 55, forced on her by spine
surgery. She studied with William Christensen at the University of Utah
and with Evelyn LeMone at the LeMone Studio in Pasadena, California.
She taught for 27 years in the dance department at San Jose State
University, where the Carol Anne Haws Award for excellence in
performance is still given annually, along with the Carol Anne Haws
Scholarship in the department of theater arts. She directed and
choreographed a great many shows at the university, including "West Side
Story" and "Carousel." She was active in community theater as well,
directing "1776," "The Boyfriend," and "Pirates of Penzance" among other
musicals and operettas, and directed performances of the Prune Hollow
Choral Society, a company of kids ages 14 to 18 who sang and danced
their way throughout the Bay Area and toured Romania, Mexico, Hawaii and
other places. She choreographed the children of the Tabard Theatre
Company in their performance of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
She also directed and choreographed hundreds of dance recitals before,
during, and after her career at San Jose State. She
directed/choreographed the LDS Church's Oakland Temple Pageant four
times, beginning with the very first one that marked the opening of the
temple.
Carol also channeled her energies into genealogy, finding herself
fascinated by the implied stories contained in parish records, birth and
death dates, marriages, the way certain names vanish from one village
and turn up in another. "Everybody has one story to tell," she liked to
say, and she followed the stories she found in the documents and
microfilms with eagerness and sympathy. She was especially pleased to
locate our immigrant Fisher (then spelled Fischer) ancestor in a small
town in Germany and to learn from the local parish clerk that the
ancestor was, according to the record, "Much given to stealing."
She found an outlet for her visual artistry in rug-making, winning first
prize in a rug-hooking competition in Carmel, California for a rug
called "Sun, Moon, and Stars."
She was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. She is survived by her husband Von, and her children, Matthew
(Debora), Jeffery (Jan), Gretchen Myers (Douglas), Aaron, Rachel Helwig
(Keith), Forrest (Cheryl), Nellie Gratton (Jeff), numerous grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; a sister, Sylvia Bevan (James), and a brother,
Franklin (Rosemary Beless). She was preceded in death by her parents, a
sister, Mary Lou, and a brother, Truman.
The family wishes to express their thanks to Pamela Hawkes and the staff
at Memory Lane Care Home for the excellent and dedicated care they
provided to their mother in the final years of her life. - See more at:
http://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Carol-Anne-Fisher-Smith-Haws/Farr-West-UT/1332733#sthash.xaROC7Um.dpuf
Carol
Anne Fisher Smith Haws, dancer, director, and choreographer, died in a
nursing facility in Farr West, Utah on January 14, 2014, at the age of
80. She was born in Maricopa, California on January 2, 1934, to Frank
Truman Fisher and Nellie Rex Smith Fisher, the third of five children.
She moved with her family from Maricopa to Santa Maria, then briefly to
Alhambra, then to Altadena, where she lived until her first marriage.
She was educated at Pasadena City College, Brigham Young University, the
University of Utah, and UCLA, where she earned her master's degree in
dance. She married Virgil Bushman Smith in 1953; they had two sons and
were later divorced. She married Ervin Lavon (Von) Haws in 1961; they
had five more children. They were later divorced but subsequently
remarried and remained together until her death.
Carol's life, passion and profession was dance from the time she was ten
years old until her premature retirement at 55, forced on her by spine
surgery. She studied with William Christensen at the University of Utah
and with Evelyn LeMone at the LeMone Studio in Pasadena, California.
She taught for 27 years in the dance department at San Jose State
University, where the Carol Anne Haws Award for excellence in
performance is still given annually, along with the Carol Anne Haws
Scholarship in the department of theater arts. She directed and
choreographed a great many shows at the university, including "West Side
Story" and "Carousel." She was active in community theater as well,
directing "1776," "The Boyfriend," and "Pirates of Penzance" among other
musicals and operettas, and directed performances of the Prune Hollow
Choral Society, a company of kids ages 14 to 18 who sang and danced
their way throughout the Bay Area and toured Romania, Mexico, Hawaii and
other places. She choreographed the children of the Tabard Theatre
Company in their performance of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
She also directed and choreographed hundreds of dance recitals before,
during, and after her career at San Jose State. She
directed/choreographed the LDS Church's Oakland Temple Pageant four
times, beginning with the very first one that marked the opening of the
temple.
Carol also channeled her energies into genealogy, finding herself
fascinated by the implied stories contained in parish records, birth and
death dates, marriages, the way certain names vanish from one village
and turn up in another. "Everybody has one story to tell," she liked to
say, and she followed the stories she found in the documents and
microfilms with eagerness and sympathy. She was especially pleased to
locate our immigrant Fisher (then spelled Fischer) ancestor in a small
town in Germany and to learn from the local parish clerk that the
ancestor was, according to the record, "Much given to stealing."
She found an outlet for her visual artistry in rug-making, winning first
prize in a rug-hooking competition in Carmel, California for a rug
called "Sun, Moon, and Stars."
She was a dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. She is survived by her husband Von, and her children, Matthew
(Debora), Jeffery (Jan), Gretchen Myers (Douglas), Aaron, Rachel Helwig
(Keith), Forrest (Cheryl), Nellie Gratton (Jeff), numerous grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; a sister, Sylvia Bevan (James), and a brother,
Franklin (Rosemary Beless). She was preceded in death by her parents, a
sister, Mary Lou, and a brother, Truman. - See more at:
http://www.myers-mortuary.com/obituary/Carol-Anne-Fisher-Smith-Haws/Farr-West-UT/1332733#sthash.xaROC7Um.dpuf
